Huberman Lab Disciples
These students drink athletic greens, actively try to optimize their circadian rhythms, and view human emotion purely as dopamine fluctuations. They are absolutely going to get a Ph.D. and will not stop telling you about it.
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Stanford
Palo Alto,
CA
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Palo Alto, CA | — | 4% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2 |
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore,
MD
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Baltimore, MD | 120 | 6% | 32% / 68% | 13% | $67,857 | 46 | 78% | — |
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| 3 |
U. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia,
PA
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Philadelphia, PA | 102 | 5% | 38% / 62% | 4% | $93,785 | 88 | 100% | — |
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U. of California, San Diego
La Jolla,
CA
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La Jolla, CA | 175 | 29% | 34% / 66% | 9% | $61,822 | 45 | 94% | — |
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UCLA
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 208 | 9% | 26% / 74% | 7% | $70,345 | 69 | 91% | — |
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Rat Maze Architects
Spending 40 hours a week in a basement watching mice navigate water mazes and pulling tiny levers. They know significantly more about rodent anxiety than they do about actual human behavior.
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Duke
Durham,
NC
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Durham, NC | 83 | 5% | 19% / 81% | 7% | $75,829 | 58 | 83% | — |
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| 2 |
Columbia
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 90 | 4% | 32% / 68% | 16% | $71,831 | 56 | 92% | — |
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| 3 |
Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis,
MO
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Saint Louis, MO | 71 | 12% | 46% / 54% | 6% | $71,552 | 51 | — | — |
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New York University
New York,
NY
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New York, NY | 66 | 9% | 33% / 67% | 14% | $60,617 | 30 | 77% | — |
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U. of California, Berkeley
Berkeley,
CA
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Berkeley, CA | 6 | 11% | 33% / 67% | 33% | — | — | — | — |
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Pre-Meds in Disguise
They chose Neuroscience because Biology felt too basic and they wanted to impress medical school admissions committees. Currently crying over organic chemistry and running entirely on caffeine.
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
Emory
Atlanta,
GA
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Atlanta, GA | 203 | 10% | 31% / 69% | 4% | $67,405 | 43 | 87% | — |
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| 2 |
Northwestern
Evanston,
IL
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Evanston, IL | 117 | 7% | 27% / 73% | 3% | $52,925 | 8 | 100% | — |
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| 3 |
U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor,
MI
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Ann Arbor, MI | 184 | 16% | 29% / 71% | 4% | $69,047 | 48 | 96% | — |
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U. of Chicago
Chicago,
IL
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Chicago, IL | 48 | 5% | 38% / 63% | 6% | $53,735 | 8 | 95% | — |
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Vanderbilt
Nashville,
TN
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Nashville, TN | 45 | 5% | 44% / 56% | 7% | $74,722 | 60 | 95% | — |
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Serotonin Seekers
Solid, research-heavy programs where you actually get to touch an EEG machine before you graduate. Will confidently diagnose your bad mood as a temporary chemical deficit.
| # ▲ | University | Location | Degrees | Accept | SAT | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employ | ||
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| 1 |
U. of Washington
Seattle,
WA
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Seattle, WA | 66 | 42% | 36% / 64% | 2% | $58,779 | 52 | 86% | — |
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| 2 |
Boston University
Boston,
MA
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Boston, MA | 133 | 13% | 25% / 75% | 12% | $68,701 | 49 | 92% | — |
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| 3 |
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill,
NC
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Chapel Hill, NC | 191 | 17% | 34% / 66% | 5% | $32,828 | 2 | 88% | — |
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U. of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison,
WI
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Madison, WI | 214 | 41% | 29% / 71% | 3% | $59,162 | 43 | 100% | — |
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U. of Southern California
Los Angeles,
CA
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Los Angeles, CA | 100 | 11% | 41% / 59% | 12% | $69,068 | 49 | 84% | — |
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